Professional Services Contractor
Current• Provided professional services to a variety of companies as a contract employee. These services included BD/Capture Support, Proposal Support, and Training (BD/Capture).• Worked with client’s procurement databases to identify and qualify appropriate upcoming bid opportunities in the Federal marketplace. • Lead strategic capture efforts throughout the sales lifecycle, including: develop customer intimacy; shape opportunities; analyze competitive landscapes; develop messaging and win themes; support and/or lead solution development; participate in development and review, proposal/technical writing and editing; ensure compliance; presentation review and interview support; conduct debriefs. • Conducted competitive assessments on specific opportunities, made recommendations on teaming partners and helped build the federal opportunity pipeline. • Engaged in a full range of proposal activities from pre-RFP preparation through submitting winning proposals to include: o Lead in collaborative sessions to define and refine win strategy, competitive assessments, and customer pain points or hot buttons; o Ensured development and distribution of appropriate proposal-related documentation, including compliance matrices, style guides, annotated outlines, proposal schedules, writing guidance, and kick-off presentations; o Coordinated with the contracts and pricing staff on cost and contractual volumes to ensure appropriate schedules and inputs; o Authored appropriate proposal sections and help design graphic concepts. o Worked with the Solution Architects to assist in the design of the technical solutions for the proposals; Reviewed proposal content for compliance and cohesiveness; o Envisioned the comprehensive view of the proposal, tied in the win themes, executed daily meetings, understood and managed the entire proposal.